The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-17


"wby, LiscarroI, is that youy'
The two Young men shook hands Wig
oronsly
which way are y,u going2 To the
club? That's right SO am 3 come
along"
And the unconscious rivals walked
slowly side 10y side down Pail Nall Has
elrig told Of his accession of fortune; then
added, with conscious laugh
Fact is, rm tired ofsingle blessedness
and am going to try matrimony for
change"
Congratulate you most heartily, nay
dear fellow"
Lord Liscarrol's own happiness render
ed him very sympathetic, DO know
the lady?"
81 dare say you do for she goes oct a
lot, and though her people are not exact
/ Iy all one could wish, Dora herself is
! darling"
"Oh, called Dora, is she?' quoth his
friend. amused at the coincidence. Pret-
ty name, Dora. My favorite, think.
Have you known her long. or is it re-
cent AFFAIR."
Il have known her two or three years,
but money stood in the way at the time,
50 went TO India to wait for better days.
f' Knew there was woman at the bot
tom of that sudden rush to the shiny"
mentally calculated his Iordship.) But
when my uncle left me Cleveleigh Icame
back sharp Her people don't know yet.
for her father wants her to marry man
called Lorimer"
"Cailed what ~ exclaimed Lord Lis
carroll.
~Lorimer. Do you know him -
know him - echoed the other. To
be sure do; n West countryman."
- Yes, that's the fellow. An awful cub,
/ believe but lots Of money, and no end
Of a place in the West, 50 old Carmi-
chael-"
"Here, say, hold on bit. I'm get
ting mixed What's the young lady's
name? Surely not Miss Dora Car
michael ?"
To be sure it is! DO you know her,
then ~
Il should think so. But look here
are YOU sure there is no mistake?"
Il say, Llscarrol, its rather early in the
day to be like this~ remarked Haselrig,
astonished at his companions excite
ment. Hang it, man, jokes joke,
but TO be like this at this time Of day is
rather"
"No, Haselrig. What do you mean
about Miss Carmichael ~
"Why, she's the girl I'm engaged to, 10
be sure See, here's her likeness" And
50 saying, he rapidly unfastened a locket
from his watch, and held it out, open, to
his companion.
There was no mistake it decidedly
was Dora CarmichaeIs likeness. BY this
time, luckily for both, they had reached
their club, and they turned into the wait
ing-room, which at that time Of day was
vacant.
"Yes it is Dora, certainly" said Lord
Liscarrol, slowly. "Confound her"
"Lord Liscarrolm
"Oh, don't 90 into heroics, mani Look
here y and in a moment he produced a
dantily embroidered letter-case from his
breast pocket, and, taking out a photo
graph and several letters, flung them
down before the astonished soldier.
Look at that Read those p
Haselrig picked them up gingerly. One
look was enough The photograph he
knew only too well be had the dupli-
cate of it, and if the letters at this moment
living on his breast were not exactly and
literally the same the signature, Your
own loving Dora" was identical in
both
"what does it mean ?" he asked, stu
pefied.
"Mean?" laughed Liscarrol, bitterly
" lies, to be sure How long have you
been engaged, Haselrig?"
"Since before / went TO India"
And ! since Easter" and the two
men stood looking blankly at each other.
That afternoon, having received the
message Lord Liscarrol left with the but
Ter, Miss Carmichael waited impatiently
for the young man. About o'clock
small parcel, brought by messenger boy,
was given to her, and on opening it there
dropped out lockei, two packets of let
ters and several photographs. together
with a slip of paper, on which was
written:
Returned with hthanks-Liscarrol, Her
bert Haselrig."
There was no mistaking the signatures.
She had a stormy scene with Lorimer,
who had entirely refused to take his con-
ge quietly, and had forced her to listen to
some uncommonly plain speaking before
leaving, and she was thoroughly tired
out. When her maid, hearing heavy
fall rushed into her room, she found her
mistress on the floor, insensible. Luc&i-
/ IL for Miss Carmichael, it was sufficiently
near the end Of the season to make her
sudden departure from town less of
nine days wonder than might otherwise
have been the case. Long before she re-
sumed her place in London society, Cap
tain Haselrig had returned to India, and
/ Lord Liscarrol had found a wife both
I richer and prettier than Dora Carmichael